Virginia Business magazine's annual list along with the Virginia Bar Association

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. –Mahoney Nashatka Richmond, PLLC is proud to announce that two of the firm’s founding partners, Reeves W. Mahoney and Andrew T. Richmond, have been named Virginia’s Legal Elite in 2017 by Virginia Business magazine.

In cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association, Virginia Business magazine, for the past 18 years, has asked lawyers throughout the Commonwealth to nominate the best in their profession in 18 practice categories. When the ballots were counted, Mr. Mahoney and Mr. Richmond were among the more than 1,000 selected; Mr. Mahoney in the family/domestic relations category; Mr. Richmond as a Young Lawyer (Under 40).

“It is an honor to be a member of Virginia’s Legal Elite with some of the Commonwealth’s top family lawyers,” said Mr. Mahoney. “We are also honored that Andy Richmond continues to amass recognition for his dedication and contributions to his clients, colleagues and peers in the practice of family law.”

Mr. Mahoney’s areas of expertise include divorce/domestic relations (with an emphasis on divorces involving substantial assets and contested custody issues). Mr. Mahoney has repeatedly been elected by his peers to the Legal Elite list, Virginia Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers®, Coastal Virginia magazine’s Top Lawyers and he maintains an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Richmond adeptly resolves complex divorces involving the equitable distribution of complex assets, support and custody cases, through both contested litigation, negotiated agreements and the collaborative divorce process. Mr. Richmond has been a Legal Elite Young Lawyer in 2012 and 2014 and in 2015 in the Appellate Law category. He also has been on the Virginia Super Lawyers’ list: Rising Stars five consecutive years, 2013-2017, and on the Best Lawyers® list for the first time in 2018. In 2014, he was named by Inside Business as one of the “Top Forty Under 40.” He has an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Mahoney Nashatka Richmond, PLLC opened the doors to its boutique-style law firm in January 2016. MNR’s four attorneys exclusively practice family law, which includes pre-marital and marital agreements, divorce, custody, visitation, non-parent rights, spousal and child support issues, and adoption. Each attorney understands the need to balance knowledge and the complexities of the law with sensitivity in handling family issues.